Guild Wars 2

Are these PVP icons going away anytime soon? I really wish there’s a way to disable/hide them, along with the green arrow and star icons.

Personally if you are not in a the PvP lobby or in a match there is no reason such a thing should be visible to others. In PvE it is just annoying. And I doubt anyone much cares about PvP status outside of PvP, I certainly don’t I simply find it annoying. So this should just be not seen outside of the two specific area.

Well, in matches is hided so you can’t focus, for example, on low ranks since you can spot them.

In PvP lobby yes, it has a point.

In PvE, well, people show their level/mastery level but cannot show their “pvp level”? I think it’s a bit unfair.

If anything, i’d suggest to make it consistent (strange uh?).
So under name there’s the title, right of the name there’s the guild, left of the name there should be the overall character/account status: level or mastery level, WvW level, PvP level with 3 badges of the same size or sorta.
So if you take a look at someone, you’ll see his overall status. Then hide it when is not needed (like in pvp matches).

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from that PvP tag and all the low ranks I see everywhere, it’s that there ‘s a LOT of people that don’t give a kitten about PvP.

Gaaroth.2567:

Well, in matches is hided so you can’t focus, for example, on low ranks since you can spot them.

In PvP lobby yes, it has a point.

In PvE, well, people show their level/mastery level but cannot show their “pvp level”? I think it’s a bit unfair.

If anything, i’d suggest to make it consistent (strange uh?).
So under name there’s the title, right of the name there’s the guild, left of the name there should be the overall character/account status: level or mastery level, WvW level, PvP level with 3 badges of the same size or sorta.
So if you take a look at someone, you’ll see his overall status. Then hide it when is not needed (like in pvp matches).

If only they let me show my platinum general rank in PvE, I would not have felt so ostracized to the PvP crowd. But all these tags IMO should just be allocated to the game mode they pertain too anyways. All they have done with this tournament is show that the only portion of the game they give a kitten about is their precious esports.

Gaaroth.2567:

Well, in matches is hided so you can’t focus, for example, on low ranks since you can spot them.

In PvP lobby yes, it has a point.

In PvE, well, people show their level/mastery level but cannot show their “pvp level”? I think it’s a bit unfair.

If anything, i’d suggest to make it consistent (strange uh?).
So under name there’s the title, right of the name there’s the guild, left of the name there should be the overall character/account status: level or mastery level, WvW level, PvP level with 3 badges of the same size or sorta.
So if you take a look at someone, you’ll see his overall status. Then hide it when is not needed (like in pvp matches).

There really is no reason for a lot of other player facing info. Why do you want people in PvE to see your PvP progress? That’s like going to the Amish and bragging about how many movies you’ve seen. That just annoys them. And since you brought up mastery and level badges. They have no point either really. The game scales you down so seeing that someone is above the level area is meaningless. I can be level 80 and not be appropriately skilled with that character so the number does not designate I’m better at things than anyone else. And how many mastery points I have obtained doesn’t mean I am better at anything any more than anyone else as well. I have ran into people that have them all and they are the worst player ever. Same goes for achievement points. So what is the point of anyone being able to see any of it anywhere in the game. So far all I have seen it used for is to unfairly discriminate against people that haven’t farmed the number.

I actually find the down-levelling icon useful, because if I’m on a high level character in a low level map and I find myself doing events alongside someone who doesn’t have that icon I know to scale back my damage. Even with downscaling a level 80 can kill things a hell of a lot faster than a level 1-10 and I know from experience how frustrating it is if you can’t get a chance to do enough damage for events.

All the other stuff…I wish it worked like titles where you can choose 1 icon to appear beside your name, maybe specific to each game mode (so someone could have map completion in PvE, WvW rank in WvW, PvP rank in PvP).

Ideally alongside a preview window other people can choose to see that shows your character (only the model, no equipment stats), a list of all the things currently shown by icons (maybe with check boxes to choose which to show) and maybe some other info like your guild name and emblem or all the titles you’ve unlocked.

Go to options. Unchecked ‘show player names’. Now you don’t have to see the PvP tags that cause you so much anguish.

But then we can’t see the names that we do want to see. And why did this get moved to the PvP section when this is clearly a topic in regards to PvE. Note the objection is this badge being seen in “PvE”. This has nothing to do with PvP sub forum. I’m not the one who started the thread but I think this has been moved inappropriately. Thanks.

Danikat.8537:

I actually find the down-levelling icon useful, because if I’m on a high level character in a low level map and I find myself doing events alongside someone who doesn’t have that icon I know to scale back my damage. Even with downscaling a level 80 can kill things a hell of a lot faster than a level 1-10 and I know from experience how frustrating it is if you can’t get a chance to do enough damage for events.

Yes knowing if others are not down scaled is helpful but know what level those that have been downscale from is not really needed.

Danikat.8537:

All the other stuff…I wish it worked like titles where you can choose 1 icon to appear beside your name, maybe specific to each game mode (so someone could have map completion in PvE, WvW rank in WvW, PvP rank in PvP).

If we are given a choice to see what is shown to us then that would be an acceptable alternative to not at all. But there is a lot of this stuff that simply does not need to be seen by anyone outside of the person who was it.

I doubt the PvE’ers were complaining on April 15, 2014 when ANet merged PvE and PvP skins. PvE’ers running around heart of the mists with their fancy legendaries while the PvPers had nothing.

So, I don’t mind our ranks showing in PvE.

Honestly I don’t know why it got moved to PvP, since these icons appear all over PvE maps.

Tman.6349:

Go to options. Unchecked ‘show player names’. Now you don’t have to see the PvP tags that cause you so much anguish.

It’s not that the icons are annoying or cause anguish, it’s downright IRRITATING since they do not render properly when Stereoscopic Rendering is enabled in-game.

Basic icons like the green arrows, stars, and ANet Icons don’t stick on top of players, though this has been an issue since release, but having these PVP icons all over the screen level like some large dead moving pixels is just overwhelming.

Thus this is why I’m requesting an option that can disable such icons. Hiding player names can be somewhat a workaround, but it is not a permanent solution.

i thought it was a marketing tool to promote pvp

U cant c mastery lvl in hotm, yet u can c pvp rank in pve. Why? Cuz anet desperately needs to advertise pvp, they need more mindless food for the grinder. Hence why u gain so much trans charges on tier lvls, an hence we have the stuck-on-you pvp leagues text in upper right corner.

Jia Shen.4217:

Personally if you are not in a the PvP lobby or in a match there is no reason such a thing should be visible to others. In PvE it is just annoying. And I doubt anyone much cares about PvP status outside of PvP, I certainly don’t I simply find it annoying. So this should just be not seen outside of the two specific area.

It’s funny because on the odd chance I’m in a PvE area (say, Lions Arch), I find the presence of PvE players annoying XD

Need disable feature.

The stereoscopic screenshot attached illustrates how irritating the icons are with Stereoscopic Rendering enabled in-game.

It is a cross eye stereo image, so simply cross-eyeing to merge two images together will show how horrendous the PVP icons stick out of depth.

The Scrubicons, as I call them, really should only be shown in the lobby. Player names should be visible without clutter and marketing junk beside them. Nor should we get stuck seeing the “PvP Leagues are Active” for a months on end in the upper corner of our screen.

and why can’t we disable our own icon? I don’t want people to comment on my pvp division every time I pug fractals :/

I don’t want there to be a way to disable the symbols. That would take away any motivation for me to pvp because I have no way to show off my achievements to other people. Same thing with titles and legendary weapons/valuable skins, if people could just choose not to see them then they would be worth absolutely nothing to me. I know, I know, most people couldn’t care less but i certainly do when I see other diamond league players/people with legendary weapons or the spirit smith backpiece like I have and I want to show everybody what I have achieved in game. If I couldn’t it would just feel pointless to me.

Personally, Unless you hit Legendary… the icon should not be visible in PVE/WVW

If you hit Legendary, you should have some bragging rights to run around in PVE and WvW with it on..

Diamond and below i can agree with it being hidden in PVE and WvW

They could just delete these icons and allow us to gain actually valuable loot to show our gaming progress. In PvE, I could farm legendary skin; in PvP, I can’t* – why?

*except participating and winning tournaments, while in PvE a common Bob can farm them just for spending time playing

ANET really need to remove all the clutter on player names. Keep the PvP ranks in heart of the mists and remove it elsewhere.

Since the new release this week, there’s still no option to disable these icons. Any confirmation regarding this bug appreciated.

Additional cross-eye stereo screenshots attached showing these icons going out of control.

100% in agreement here. And I have them turned off in options, but I can still see them whenever I hover over players names also this makes picking out other players difficult. If these are an advert then for the love of Grenth, let us choose to turn them off in our options. If it is a bug, please fix it asap, as I am getting sick of doing my daily only and logging.

Many, including some of my few remaining guildies cannot see why I am upset at this so I will make it clear here.

I spend over 7k hours in game with 90% of that being in WvW. I have a high rank, but cannot even show it off in WvW unless in a squad (and that was only added as an afterthought IMO). Now along comes their precious e-sports tournament and suddenly I can see a flood of these league icons everywhere I turn, in both WvW and PvE. It may seem like sour grapes to many of the PvP crowd, but imagine if I could wander around in a PvP match with my platinum general rank icon displayed for everyone to see and maybe you will start to see the picture. It would mean as much there as your icon means in PvE or WvW BTW. All these icons prove to me is that I am no longer part of their business model and the three separate game modes we once had are only there to accommodate the one now. The worst insult is that they never even ended with the end of the tournament!

edit: replied twice to same topic, but this one better explains my problem with them.

edit 2: this really should be moved to general discussion as even though It discusses the PvP icons it pertains to the other areas of the game more IMO. Not being moved kinda proves my point though…

I’d like to disable the visibility on my Ruby rank too. I’d just like complete autonomy over which targets I place on myself, regardless of the game mode I’m in. If I want to walk around looking like a noob in QD with no titles or ranks, I should be able to.

Browrain.7346:

I doubt the PvE’ers were complaining on April 15, 2014 when ANet merged PvE and PvP skins. PvE’ers running around heart of the mists with their fancy legendaries while the PvPers had nothing.

So, I don’t mind our ranks showing in PvE.

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lighter.2708:

Browrain.7346:

I doubt the PvE’ers were complaining on April 15, 2014 when ANet merged PvE and PvP skins. PvE’ers running around heart of the mists with their fancy legendaries while the PvPers had nothing.

So, I don’t mind our ranks showing in PvE.

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